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Intergraph Smart 3D Reference Data

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Most symbols have at least one port, which is a point on a part that connects to a routed item, such as pipe or cableway. A port consists of an attachment point and direction, set of application properties, and physical geometry depiction. A different class of port is required for each type of routing item. For example, piping requires one type of port, while cableway requires another.

You define ports when you create a symbol and define the geometry of a part. In .NET, a function specifies the port type, name, attachment point, and attachment vector. The software places the ports based on the information in the geometry definition file for the part and the reference data for the part. The geometry definition file defines the port type, name, attachment point, and attachment vector. The reference data for the specific part (item of the part class) defines the remainder of the property values for the port.